Rock n’ Roll artist Dario Robleto speaks at the New Orleans Museum of Art a 6 tonight during the museum’s weekly Where Y’Art after-hours party from 5 to 9. My March 23 preview of Robleto’s current NOMA show began like so: “The “Dario Robleto: The Prelives of the Blues” exhibit is like a cross between The Da Vinci Code and The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Robleto, a brainy Texas-based conceptual artist, embeds his sculptures with buried symbolic clues so obscure that there’s no way we’d figure things out without being tipped off.

And watch preview video interviews with Robleto that answer the above questions below.

Artist Dario Robleto makes pelvises from rock albums at NOMAWatch as Texas-based conceptual artist Dario Robleto describes a pair of authentic human pelvises that he sculpted from pulverized vinyl derived from his parents’ rock n roll record collections. Robleto points out that a parent’s choice of pop music might be just as important in a child’s makeup as genetics. The artwork titled ‘Our Sin Was In Our Hips,’ is part of Robleto’s exhibition ‘The Prelives of the Blues’ that opens with a reception from 5 to 9 tonight (March 23) at The New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, in City Park. Admission: Adults, $10; seniors, students and active military $8; children 6 to 17, $6; younger children, free. Visit noma.org or call 658.4100. Look for a second video titled ‘Artist Dario Robleto’s Keith Moon drumstick at NOMA’ elsewhere on NOLA.com.

Artist Dario Robleto’s Keith Moon drumstick at NOMA: VideoWatch as Texas-based conceptual artist Dario Robleto describes a fragile drumstick he custom-made from the brittle glass called trinitite produced by atomic bomb tests in the desert. Robleto dedicates the artwork to the late rock drummer Keith Moon (1946 to 1978), whose explosive lifestyle proved to be too much for his breakable constitution. The drumstick, titled ‘Your Moonlight Is In Danger Of Shining For No One,’ is part of Robleto’s exhibition ‘The Prelives of the Blues’ that opens with a reception from 5 to 9 tonight (March 23) at The New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, in City Park. Admission: Adults, $10; seniors, students and active military $8; children 6 to 17, $6; younger children, free. Visit noma.org or call 658.4100. Look for a second video titled ‘Artist Dario Robleto makes pelvises from record albums at NOMA’ elsewhere on NOLA.com.

In addition to the Robleto talk, tonight’s art-oriented party includes:

5pm to 8pm: Art Making Activity

5:30p to 8:30pm: Music by DJ Kazoo

6pm to 8pm: Visiting Jewelry Artist in Museum Shop: Jessa Matthews

7 – 7:15pm (following the lecture by Dario Robleto): A MelaNated Summer: Hear original works from the MelaNated Writers; a collective of writers of color in genres from fiction to screenwriting and memoir to poetry.